Slideshow Maker vs Shuffle Photos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slideshow Maker
Transform your photos into engaging video slideshows with music. Easily select, arrange, and add transitions to your images. Personalize duration and incorporate your favorite tunes before sharing your creations.
- Create slideshows from photos
- Organize photos with drag-and-drop
- Add photo transitions
- Incorporate music from gallery or device
- Customize slideshow duration
- Share to social media or save to camera roll
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Turn your memories into movies with music. The app helps you to create beautiful SlideShow from your photos. It's completely FREE. Simple steps: • Pick your photos • Organize them in the right order (Long tap a photo and drag to reorder it) • Select a transition to animate between photos • Choose your favorite music from our gallery or your own songs. • Select the slideshow's length to change the duration per photo. • Share it on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube or save it to your camera roll. So, let's make your memories even more amazing
Shuffle Photos
Create dynamic photo slideshows from your camera rolls and albums. Customize transition speeds, repeat options, and enjoy features like pause, zoom, and photo management. It can also serve as a digital photo frame or signage.
- Shuffled and unshuffled slideshows
- Adjustable photo switching speed
- Infinite repeat option
- Pause and resume functionality
- Zoom and maintain zoom rate
- Display remaining time
- Selectable background options
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Multi-functional slideshow app! You can enjoy shuffled Slideshow in units of iPhone and iPad camera rolls and albums. Of course, you can also unshuffled. You can change the photo switching speed from 1 second to 3600 seconds. You can also make it repeat infinitely. 【Available function in slideshow】 *Pause & Resume *Tap to go to the next & previous photo *Zoom *Maintain zoom rate *Display the remaining time until the next photo *Share photos *Add to favorite photos *Delete photos *Hide photos *Add and remove photos from albums *Check EXIF of the photo 【Other useful functions】 *Selectable background - black / white / blur (dark) / blur (light) *Shortcut key support for iPad and Mac -- Recommended uses -- When you want to look back on your memories or view your favorite photos. Use as a digital photo frame or digital signage. Reuse iOS devices that are no longer in use. Use the remaining time display function to practice drawing or sketching. It also has a photo deletion function and a favorites function, so you can organize your photos in a slideshow. and more… I hope you can use this app to have a good photo life! [copyright] pixabay Pakutaso
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Slideshow Maker at none against Shuffle Photos's shown. Slideshow Maker also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (6.4K vs 347). Shuffle Photos's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Slideshow Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Shuffle Photos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Slideshow Maker against 4.6 for Shuffle Photos. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slideshow Maker has 6.4K ratings behind it against 347, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Slideshow Maker's written reviews are positive against 72% of Shuffle Photos's.
Slideshow Maker ships an update every 2 months, Shuffle Photos every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Slideshow Maker | Shuffle Photos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6.4K ratings) — better | 4.6 (347 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews — better | 71.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.4K — better | 347 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 国媚 张 | Ryusuke Uchida |
Customer experience
Slideshow Maker
Shuffle Photos
User reviews
Slideshow Maker
From 6.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Completely free
- 💡 Great for creating slideshows
- 😊 Enjoyable experience
- 🎨 Lots of transition options
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes
- 🔇 Limited music selection
- 📏 Restricted to 9 photos per slideshow
- 🔀 Inability to mix transition types
Shuffle Photos
From 347 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and to the point
- 👍 Efficient and reliable
- 👍 Good alternative to iOS Photos slideshow
- 👍 Great for shuffling photos
- 👍 Easy to use for non-tech users
Room to improve
- anúncios Ads are too frequent and annoying
- 🐛 Freezes regularly
- 🐛 Upgraded version shows no change
- 🐛 Stopped working after some use
- 🐛 Ads prevent usage
Bugs and requests
Slideshow Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Freezes when trying to load music
- Inconsistent photo quality when saved
- Ads interfere with app functionality
Requested features
5 requests- Allow longer music tracks
- Add more modern song options
- Implement filters and effects
- Enable adjustable slide durations
- Permit re-editing of saved slideshows
Shuffle Photos
Reported bugs
27 issues- App freezes on photos even with paid version
- Upgraded version shows no change
- Stopped working after weeks of use
- Ads prevent usage
- GIFs cause the app to freeze and not transition
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- Video sound does not work
- Cannot zoom in to photos, resets to original size
- No casting to Apple TV or Chromecast
- App says 'No photos' despite having many
- App crashes after a few photos
- Slideshow quits regularly
- Next and previous buttons freeze on videos/pictures
- Cannot download slideshow to send
- Date display issues
- iPad share function not working
- Share icon pauses slideshow
- Share option under 3 dot menu does nothing
- 1Tap control bar is buggy, action names always visible
- Font size for action names is too large
- Japanese text in album view
- Sound doesn't work for videos
- Endless loop showing adverts
- Cannot adjust slideshow timer or transition settings without ending slideshow
- No way to tell slideshow progress or remaining pictures
- No way to open a particular photo in an editor or Photos app
- Update 2.1.6 has bugs with 1Tap control bar and font size
- Bugged GIFs, won't transition off of them
Requested features
23 requests- Playback speed feature
- Shuffle photos from Files app
- Run multiple instances for multiple displays
- Pick music for each slideshow
- Shuffle photos from iCloud Drive
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- Beat matching feature
- Configurable one-tap interface
- Configurable 'more options' menu order
- Add 'back' button to 1Tap control bar
- Support for Files app and folders
- Pan and zoom (Ken Burns) effect
- Video playback with sound
- Sync across devices
- Export/share entire slideshow
- Filter images by color palette
- Fast forward/rewind during video playback
- Configurable GIF playback (repeat/pause)
- Configurable video playback (repeat/pause)
- Display date created or date taken
- Shuffle button independent of slideshow play
- Toggle for 'gifs and videos continue playing when slideshow is paused'
- Make beat match/sync setting free
- Configure slideshow settings without restarting
In-app purchases
Slideshow Maker
- Remove Ads Now!$2.99
Shuffle Photos
- Pro Version$7.99
Questions
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